Huairang（677-744）; a Tang period Chan master from Qinzhou 金州 （in present-day ）. His family name was originally Du 杜， and he was commonly known as Nanyue huairang 南岳怀让. He became a monk at 15 years of age， subsequently studying under the sixth patriarch Huineng 慧能 for a period of eight years. At his first interview with Huineng， he was asked the question "For what thing have you come?"， to which he answered "Just at the moment you define the single thing， is the moment you lose it" （说示一物即不中）. In 714 he moved to Banyao temple in Nanyue， where he remained for some 30 years. During this time he gained fame as a meditation master， such that later on a Chan teaching style， called "Nanyue" would develop. He passed away in 744 and was given the posthumous title of Dahui 大慧. He had six major disciples， among who Mazu Daoyi 马祖道一 and Qingyuan xingsi 青原行思 established major lines of transmission of the master's methods.